1948-1959: Pilot, Officer, United States Navy, Carrier
Based Fighter Pilot,
Operations Officer and Test Pilot. Flew with the U.S. Air Force as an exchange
(Jet Fighter) Pilot during the Korean conflict.

1959-1969: One of the original seven astronauts and the only astronaut to have
flown on all three spacecraft - Mercury (Sigma 7),
Gemini
(Gemini VI-A), and Apollo. As Command
Pilot, he flew the initial flight of the Apollo series (Apollo 7)
and was
deeply involved in the quality assurance and quality control aspects of
the "total vehicle system."

1969-1970: Following retirement from the U.S. Navy and NASA, Schirra accepted
the Presidency of Regency Investors, Inc., a major financial complex and world-wide
leasing company based in Denver, Colorado. Regency specialized in leasing oil
completion equipment, jet transport aircraft and major facilities.

1970-1972: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the ECOO Corp., an
environmental control company. As head of ECCO Corp., Schirra was
instrumental in forming a new concept in environmental management.
ECOO was designed to provide quick reaction to the environmental
problems of government, industry and private business and the
application of systems management techniques to their solution.